CN101751867A - Electrophoresis display and driving method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
An electrophoresis display and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to an electrophoresis display electrophoresis display that is able to reduce the size of circuits for driving a display panel by decreasing driving voltages required to display images and the unit cost of the product. An electrophoresis display includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixel cells to display an image, a data driving unit supplying a pixel voltage to a plurality of data lines provided in the display panel, a common voltage generating unit generating a common voltage swinging to reverse electric potential and supplying the common voltage to a common electrode of the display panel, and a timing control unit generating a data control signal and a common voltage control signal and controlling a driving timing of the data driving unit and the common voltage generating unit.
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The cross reference of related application
The application requires to quote its full content as a reference in the right of priority of the Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-0128470 of submission on Dec 17th, 2008 at this.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electrophoretic display device (EPD), more specifically, relate to a kind of can the minimizing and be used to drive the circuit size of display panel and the electrophoretic display device (EPD) that can reduce the unit cost of product by the required driving voltage of reduction need display image.
Background technology
If charged material is placed in the DC electric field, charged material will move according to the size and dimension of electric charge and molecule.This motion is called as electrophoresis, is also referred to as the phenomenon of parting material according to the motion difference.
At present, but the display that adopts this electrophoresis receive publicity as the means of substitute paper.In US7012600 and US7118772, disclose the display that adopts this conventional electrophoretic phenomenon.
Display according to the conventional electrophoretic phenomenon, by using look-up table, in each unit, the data of current input and data to be imported are compared, and based on this comparative result, a plurality of storeies and frame counter determine to offer the data of each unit in a plurality of frame periods.
The data of exporting in this look-up table are the numerical datas such as 2 bits, and these data are converted into three pixel voltages of the pixel electrode that offers each unit, for example+15V ,-15V and 0V.
Yet conventional electrophoretic must be stored and more current input and all data to be imported.The necessary enough big problem of memory capacity that will have as a result, employed storer.And, with the display of other type relatively, the pixel voltage that is used to drive each pixel is often relative with grid voltage higher.Because this relative higher voltage will be so circuit devcie will be made of high voltage device such as data-driven integrated circuit.Therefore, the size of data-driven integrated circuit will be very big and the unit price of product thereby very high.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention relates to the driving method of a kind of electrophoretic display device (EPD) and this electrophoretic display device (EPD).
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of can the minimizing and be used to drive the circuit size of display panel and the electrophoretic display device (EPD) that can reduce the unit cost of product by the needed driving voltage of reduction display image.
Part in the additional advantage of present disclosure, purpose and the feature will be set forth in the explanation hereinafter, and a part can be by hereinafter becoming apparent after the content studying carefully for those of ordinary skills, perhaps can be in practice of the present invention and know.Purpose of the present invention and other advantage can be known and realize by the structure that particularly points out in the instructions of being write, its claims and accompanying drawing.
In order to realize according to these purposes of the object of the invention and other advantage, as this place specific implementation and wide in range description, a kind of electrophoretic display device (EPD) comprises: display panel, and it comprises a plurality of pixel cells that are used for display image; The data-driven unit offers pixel voltage many data lines that are provided with in this display panel; The common electric voltage generation unit, it produces the common electric voltage to the opposite potential swing, and this common electric voltage is offered the public electrode of display panel; And timing control unit, it produces data controlling signal and common electric voltage control signal, and controls the driving sequential of this data-driven unit and common electric voltage generation unit.
Can in each pixel cell of a plurality of pixel cells microcapsules be set, these microcapsules comprise white ion and the black track producing particle that has the opposed polarity electric charge respectively, and drive this white ion and this black track producing particle according to the level of this pixel voltage and common electric voltage.
This timing control unit can comprise: first frame memory of the view data of storage present frame; Second frame memory of the view data of storage next frame; Look-up table, the view data of its view data by this present frame relatively and this next frame is determined will be in the Digital Image Data that shows in each pixel cell during a plurality of frame periods, and this look-up table comes the outputting common voltage control signal according to the output timing of described Digital Image Data.
This common electric voltage generation unit can be a unit with reset cycle, first stable period, second stable period and gray level each in the cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage reverses, simultaneously this pixel voltage is offered pixel electrode, and the common electric voltage of this common electric voltage generation unit after with the counter-rotating of this current potential offers public electrode.Further, can be in reset cycle with the form of negative potential, in first stable period with the form of positive potential, in second stable period once more with the form of negative potential and in gray level form with positive potential in the cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage is provided.
Can preset the positive level and the negative level of this pixel voltage that is applied to this pixel electrode changeably according to the swing level of this common electric voltage.
According to another object of the present invention, a kind of driving method of the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of the display panel with a plurality of pixel cells that are used for display image that comprises may further comprise the steps: pixel voltage is offered many data lines that are provided with at this display panel; Generation is swung to the common electric voltage of opposite potential swing, and this common electric voltage is offered the public electrode of this display panel; And produce data controlling signal and common electric voltage control signal, and control the sequential that provides of the driving sequential of this display panel and common electric voltage.
Can in each pixel cell of a plurality of pixel cells microcapsules be set, these microcapsules comprise white ion and the black track producing particle that has the opposed polarity electric charge respectively, and drive this white ion and this black track producing particle according to the level of this pixel voltage and this common electric voltage.
Controlling the driving sequential of this display panel and the step that sequential is provided of this common electric voltage can may further comprise the steps: the view data of storage present frame; The view data of storage next frame; The view data by this present frame relatively and the view data of this next frame are determined will be in the Digital Image Data that shows in each pixel cell during a plurality of frame periods, and this look-up table comes the outputting common voltage control signal according to the output timing of this Digital Image Data; Number to frame is counted; And storage and the output Digital Image Data that will in each pixel cell, show.
It can be unit with reset cycle, first stable period, second stable period and gray level each in the cycle that the step of common electric voltage is provided, the current potential of this common electric voltage reverses, simultaneously this pixel voltage can be offered pixel electrode, and the common electric voltage of common electric voltage generation unit after with the current potential counter-rotating offers this public electrode.Further, can be in reset cycle with the form of negative potential, in first stable period with the form of positive potential, in second stable period, provide the current potential of this common electric voltage in the cycle with the form of positive potential with the form of negative potential and in gray level once more.
Can preset the positive level and the negative level of the pixel voltage that is applied to pixel electrode changeably according to the swing level of this common electric voltage.
According to electrophoretic display device (EPD) of the present invention and driving method thereof, can be changeably the current potential of common electric voltage be offered display panel, and can reduce the driving voltage that is used for display image.As a result, can reduce the circuit size of data drive circuit and common electric voltage generation unit for example that is used to drive display panel, and therefore can reduce the unit price of product.
Should be understood that previous generality of the present invention describes and detailed description hereinafter all is exemplary and indicative, its objective is the of the present invention further explanation that provides claimed.
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So that the further understanding for present disclosure to be provided, it was included into and constitutes the application's a part in accompanying drawing was comprised in, and these accompanying drawings show the embodiment of present disclosure, and was used from explanation principle of the present disclosure with instructions one.
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Fig. 1 is the figure of explanation according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the pixel cell shown in the key diagram 1;
Fig. 3 is the figure that specifies the timing control unit shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is explanation according to the figure of the waveform of the view data of current state and the pixel voltage that will provide in a plurality of frame periods with the view data that NextState writes; And
Fig. 5 is the figure that explanation is used to show the drive waveforms of the common electric voltage of white gray level and pixel voltage.
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Now will be in detail with reference to specific embodiments of the invention, the example is shown in the drawings.As possible, will in whole accompanying drawing, use identical reference number to represent identical or similar parts.
Fig. 1 is the figure of explanation according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of exemplary embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the pixel cell shown in the key diagram 1.
Electrophoretic display device (EPD) shown in Fig. 1 comprises display panel 14, data-driven unit 12, drive element of the grid 13, common electric voltage generation unit 15 and timing control unit 11.Display panel 14 comprises m*n the pixel 16 that is used for display image.Data-driven unit 12 offers in display panel 14 many data lines being provided with (D1～Dm) with pixel voltage.Many the gate lines that drive element of the grid 13 drivings are provided with in display panel 14 (G1～Gn).The common electric voltage (T_vcm) that common electric voltage generation unit 15 produces to the opposite potential swing, and it offers this common electric voltage the public electrode 18 of display panel 14.Timing control unit 11 produces grid/data-signal and common electric voltage control signal (VS), with the driving sequential of control drive element of the grid 13 and data-driven unit 12 and common electric voltage generation unit 15.
As shown in figs. 1 and 2, the film with a plurality of microcapsules 20 can be set between the upper substrate of display panel 14 and infrabasal plate.Each microcapsules 20 comprises electronegative white particle 29 and positively charged black track producing particle 28.On infrabasal plate, data line (D1～Dm) and gate line (G1～Gn) intersect.Thin film transistor (TFT) (TFT) is connected to by data line and gate line (pixel region that mutual intersection limited of D1～Dm and G1～Gn), i.e. each pixel cell 16.The source electrode of TFT is connected respectively to data line, and (D1～Dm), drain electrode is connected respectively to the pixel electrode 17 of pixel cell 16.The gate electrode of TFT is connected respectively to gate line (G1～Gn).In response to by gate line (scanning impulse of the input of G1～Gn), TFT conducting, and the pixel cell of horizontally embarking on journey 16 of desired display is chosen.On the upper substrate of display panel 14, public electrode 18 can be set, the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) that is used for swinging to opposite potential side by side offers each of pixel cell 16.
Microcapsules 20 according to the present invention can comprise electronegative black track producing particle and positively charged white particle.In the case, be that the phase place of pixel voltage and common electric voltage can change later with the waveform of the driving voltage described.
Data-driven unit 12 can be made of a plurality of data-driven integrated circuits, and each data-driven integrated circuit comprises shift register cell, latch, D/A and output buffer.Data-driven unit 12 latchs Digital Image Data according to the data controlling signal by timing control unit 11 transmission, and it is converted to aanalogvoltage with this Digital Image Data, thereby produces pixel voltage (Vdata).The pixel voltage that is produced (Vdata) is provided for data line (D1～Dm).Can set up the level of the pixel voltage (Vdata) that produces by data-driven unit 12 changeably according to having the alternately level of the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) of the current potential of backswing.That is to say, can reduce and set up each level of pixel voltage (Vdata) according to the swing level of reversible common electric voltage (T_Vcom) by the user.After this, describe the described scope of setting up level of pixel voltage (Vdata) with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.
Drive element of the grid 13 can be made of a plurality of grid-driving integrated circuits, and each grid-driving integrated circuit comprise order output scanning pulse shift register, will be converted to from the pulse width of the scanning impulse of shift register output with TFT drive the level translator of appropriate corresponding pulse width, at level translator and the gate line (output buffer of connection between the G1～Gn).Drive element of the grid 13 order output scanning pulses with said structure, for example with offer data line (the synchronized gate-on voltage of pixel voltage (Vdata) of D1～Dm).
And timing control unit 11 compares the view data of the present frame view data with the next frame of storing in storer, and determines the drive waveforms of pixel voltage (Vdata) and common electric voltage (T_Vcom) according to this comparative result.Timing control unit 11 is by using the frame counter that the number of frame is counted, and produce the corresponding Digital Image Data of drive waveforms with pixel voltage (Vdata), and it offers data-driven unit 12 with this Digital Image Data.
It is that noble potential common electric voltage (Vcom+) and negative potential are the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) that repeats to swing between the electronegative potential common electric voltage (Vcom-) that common electric voltage generation unit 15 is created in positive potential, and its common electric voltage (T_Vcom) that will have a current potential of alternatively swinging offers the public electrode 18 of display panel 14.Here, can be according to common electric voltage control signal (VS), by the reverse current potential of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) of every at least one frame.
Fig. 3 is the figure that describes the timing control unit shown in Fig. 1 in detail.
Look-up table 21 storage and view data according to the view data of present frame (Fn) and next frame (Fn+1) offer the drive waveforms of pixel voltage (Vdata) of each pixel cell 16 and the relevant information of drive waveforms of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) in the frame period.Specifically, with respect to each indicated frame of number of the frame of being counted by frame counter 25, look-up table 21 compares the view data of the frame that is in current state (Fn) of each pixel cell 16 and the view data of next frame (Fn+1).Therefore, look-up table 21 is selected 2 digital bit view data of each pixel cell according to this comparative result.At this, the Digital Image Data of each pixel cell 16 of being selected by look-up table 21 comprises the replacement data of the original state that is used for this unit of initialization, is used to stablize the bistable stable data of each pixel cell 16 and the write data that is used to represent gray level.
Look-up table 21 is selected the common electric voltage control signal (TS) of the waveform of expression common electric voltage (T_Vcom), this waveform is according to the Digital Image Data (output timing of V1～Vn) and definite, and this common electric voltage control signal (TS) offered common electric voltage generation unit 15.Can (V1～Vn) promptly the Digital Image Data such as " 00 ", " 01 ", " 10 " and " 11 " be converted to three pixel voltages (Vdata), for example Vdata (+), Vdata (-) and Vdata (0) with the data from look-up table 21 output.For example, " 00 " or " 11 " can be converted to the pixel voltage (Vdata (0)) of 0V, " 01 " be converted to+pixel voltage (Vdata (+15)) of 15V, and " 10 " are converted to-pixel voltage (Vdata (15)) of 15V.
Fig. 4 is explanation figure according to the waveform of the view data of current state and the pixel voltage that will provide with the view data that NextState writes during a plurality of frame periods.
According to Fig. 4, " W (11) " expression peak white gray level, the black gray level of " LG (10) " expression peak value.The numeral frame number of under the waveform of pixel voltage, writing.
As shown in Figure 4, with respect to each gray level for example W (11), LG (10), DG (01) and B (00), look-up table 21 compares the view data of present frame (Fn) and the view data of next frame (Fn+1).And look-up table 21 is stored the relevant information of drive waveforms with the pixel voltage of selecting according to this comparative result (Vdata).
The drive waveforms of pixel voltage (Vdata) comprising: the drive waveforms of the replacement data that produce in the reset cycle that comprises about 35 frame periods (P1), comprising in first stable period (P2) in about 25 frame periods first drive waveforms of stablizing data that produces, comprising in second stable period (P3) in about 25 frame periods second drive waveforms of stablize data that produces, and in the drive waveforms that comprises the write data of generation in the gray level cycle (P4) in about 35 frame periods.
In reset cycle (P1), in the microcapsules 20 in electronegative white particle 29 and the microcapsules 20 the positively charged arrangement of black track producing particle 28 in each pixel cell 16 all be different.Just because of this, during the predetermined frame cycle in reset cycle (P1), with white display voltage, just reset voltage offers the pixel electrode 17 of each pixel cell 16, thus the particle alignment in the microcapsules 20 that initialization first is provided with in each pixel cell 16.Along with the difference between current frame data and next frame data is bigger, the number of the frame of the feasible reception of the drive waveforms of replacement data reset voltage is bigger.
Can during first and second stable periods (P2 and P3), alternately provide first and second to stablize data, for example white display voltage and black display voltage, so that in microcapsules 20 electronegative white particle 29 and in microcapsules 20 positively charged black track producing particle 28 separated from one another, thereby the particle alignment once more in the bistable mems capsule 20 that in each pixel cell 16, is provided with of initialization.First and second stable periods, (P2 and P3) was identical, and no matter the gray level difference between current frame data and the frame data how.
Write data will represent one of 4 gray levels voltage (0V ,+15V ,-15V and 0V) offer the pixel electrode 17 of bistable mems capsule 20, to represent this gray level.Along with gray level is lower, the number of the frame of the white display voltage of the feasible reception of write data is littler.That is to say that by the pulse-length modulation of the drive waveforms in the control gray level write cycle time (P4), control is used for the number of pixel voltage (Vdata) received frame of display white, thereby can represent gray level.
As shown in Figure 5, common electric voltage (T_Vcom) is offered the public electrode 18 relative with pixel electrode 17, this common electric voltage (T_Vcom) is swung to opposite potential at every at least one frame.
Specifically, common electric voltage generation unit 15 according to the present invention is by reset cycle (P1), first stable period (P2), second stable period (P3) and gray level cycle (P4), with the current potential counter-rotating of common electric voltage (T_Vcom).That is to say, as shown in Figure 5, the current potential of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) is provided with negative state during reset cycle (P1), the current potential of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) was provided with positive status during first stable period (P2), and the current potential of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) is provided with negative state during second stable period (P3) once more, the current potential of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) was provided with positive status during the gray level cycle (P4).
As a result, electronegative white particle 29 and positively charged black track producing particle 28 can according to offering the pixel voltage (Vdata) of pixel electrode 18 and the potential difference (PD) between the common electric voltage (T_Vcom), move in microcapsules 20 just to display image.
If supposition white particle as shown in Figure 2 is electronegative, the white appliances that are used for display white are so pressed to negative, that is, and and electronegative potential pixel voltage (Vdata-) as shown in Figure 4.At this moment, be that high potential state provides common electric voltage (T_Vcom) with positive status; On the contrary, black voltage can be for just, i.e. noble potential pixel voltage (Vdata+).Under the situation of white particle positively charged, described white appliances are pressed and black voltage can be opposite.
As mentioned above, only be provided at the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) that offers public electrode 18 during the gray level cycle (P4) with the positive potential state.Because during the gray level cycle (P4), only positive potential common electric voltage (T_Vcom) is offered public electrode 18, therefore negative pixel voltage (Vdata-) is offered pixel electrode 17, and can during the predetermined frame cycle, write white gray level.If do not write white gray level, so just positive potential pixel voltage (Vdata+) is offered the pixel electrode 17 of pixel cell 16, and the level of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) and pixel voltage (Vdata) is remained identical, for example+15V.
According to embodiments of the invention,, write single data at each pixel cell comprising a plurality of frame periods that initialization, stable state and data write processing for example during 128 frame periods.At this, can set up the level of the positive pixel voltage (Vdata+) that offers pixel electrode 17 and the level of negative pixel voltage (Vdata-) changeably according to the swing level of common electric voltage (T_Vcom).
Specifically, with reference to Fig. 5, if the swing level hunting of common electric voltage (T_Vcom) be the 7.5V positive potential and-the 7.5V negative potential, so just can positive and negative pixel voltage (Vdata) level be predisposed to positive 7.5V (7.5+) and negative 7.5V (7.5-) according to this swing level of common electric voltage (T_Vcom).This is because (be in the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) of different potentials state among the P1～P5) and the voltage difference between the pixel voltage (Vdata) can be 15V at each drive cycle of pixel cell 16.That is to say, can be according to pixel voltage (Vdata) with current potential swing and the mutual relationship between the common electric voltage (T_Vcom), change and be applied to micro-capsule and carry 20 effective voltage.The absolute value of effective voltage that is applied to each pixel cell 16 is basically greater than the absolute value of the pixel voltage that is applied to each pixel electrode 17.As a result, can preset the positive and negative pixel voltage (Vdata) that offers pixel electrode 17 changeably according to the swing level of common electric voltage (T_Vcom).
As mentioned above, electrophoretic display device (EPD) and driving method thereof according to an embodiment of the invention provide the current potential of the common electric voltage (T_Vcom) that is fed to display panel 14 changeably.Just because of this can reduce the needed driving electric of display image, i.e. the level of pixel voltage (Vdata) and common electric voltage (T_Vcom).As a result, can reduce the circuit size of data-driven unit 12 and common electric voltage generation unit 15 for example that is used to drive display panel 14, and therefore can reduce the unit price of product.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can carry out various modifications and change the present invention.Therefore, purpose is that the present invention can cover modification of the present invention and modification, as long as they belong to the scope of appended claims and equivalent thereof.
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1. electrophoretic display device (EPD) comprises:
Display panel, it comprises a plurality of pixel cells that are used for display image;
The data-driven unit, it offers pixel voltage many data lines that are provided with in described display panel;
The common electric voltage generation unit, it produces the common electric voltage to the opposite potential swing, and this common electric voltage is offered the public electrode of described display panel; And
Timing control unit, it produces data controlling signal and common electric voltage control signal, and controls the driving sequential of described data-driven unit and described common electric voltage generation unit.
2. according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of claim 1, wherein in each pixel cell of described a plurality of pixel cells, provide microcapsules, these microcapsules comprise white ion and the black track producing particle that has the opposed polarity electric charge respectively, and drive described white ion and black track producing particle according to the level of described pixel voltage and described common electric voltage.
3. according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of claim 2, wherein said timing control unit comprises:
First frame memory of the view data of storage present frame;
Second frame memory of the view data of storage next frame;
Look-up table, the view data of its view data by more described present frame and described next frame is determined will be in the Digital Image Data that shows in each pixel cell during a plurality of frame periods, and this look-up table base comes the outputting common voltage control signal according to the output timing of described Digital Image Data;
The frame counter that the number of frame is counted; And
Storage is from the data-carrier store of the Digital Image Data of look-up table output.
4. according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of claim 3, wherein said common electric voltage generation unit is a unit with reset cycle, first stable period, second stable period and gray level each in the cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage reverses, simultaneously described pixel voltage is offered this pixel electrode, and the common electric voltage of common electric voltage generation unit after with the counter-rotating of described current potential offers described public electrode;
And wherein, the current potential of described common electric voltage is provided with the form of negative potential in reset cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage was provided with the form of positive potential in first stable period, the current potential of described common electric voltage is provided with the form of negative potential in second stable period once more, and provides the current potential of described common electric voltage in the cycle with the form of positive potential in gray level.
5. according to the electrophoretic display device (EPD) of claim 4,, preset the positive level and the negative level of the pixel voltage that is applied to described pixel electrode changeably wherein according to the swing level of described common electric voltage.
6. the driving method of an electrophoretic display device (EPD), described electrophoretic display device (EPD) comprises the display panel with a plurality of pixel cells that are used for display image, this driving method may further comprise the steps:
Pixel voltage is offered many data lines that in this display panel, are provided with;
Generation is rocked to the common electric voltage of opposite potential, and this common electric voltage is offered the public electrode of described display panel; And
Produce data controlling signal and common electric voltage control signal, and the sequential that provides of the driving sequential of described display panel and described common electric voltage is provided.
7. according to the driving method of claim 6, wherein in each pixel cell of described a plurality of pixel cells, microcapsules are set, these microcapsules comprise white ion and the black track producing particle that has the opposed polarity electric charge respectively, and drive described white ion and black track producing particle according to the level of described pixel voltage and described common electric voltage.
8. according to the driving method of claim 7, the driving sequential of wherein said control display panel and the step that sequential is provided of common electric voltage may further comprise the steps:
The view data of storage present frame;
The view data of storage next frame;
The view data by more described present frame and the view data of described next frame are determined will be in the Digital Image Data that shows in each pixel cell during a plurality of frame periods, and this look-up table comes the outputting common voltage control signal according to the output timing of described Digital Image Data;
Number to described frame is counted; And
The Digital Image Data that storage and output will show in each pixel cell.
9. driving method according to Claim 8, it is wherein said that the step of common electric voltage is provided is unit with reset cycle, first stable period, second stable period and gray level each in the cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage reverses, simultaneously described pixel voltage is offered described pixel electrode, and the common electric voltage of described common electric voltage generation unit after with the counter-rotating of described current potential offers described public electrode;
And wherein, the current potential of described common electric voltage is provided with the form of negative potential during reset cycle, the current potential of described common electric voltage was provided with the form of positive potential during first stable period, the current potential of described common electric voltage is provided with the form of negative potential during second stable period once more, and the current potential of described common electric voltage was provided with the form of positive potential during the gray level cycle.
10. according to the driving method of claim 9,, preset the positive level and the negative level of the pixel voltage that is applied to described pixel electrode changeably wherein according to the swing level of described common electric voltage.
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